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Welcome to The Junior Weekly Overview training module. In this course, we are going to start by covering an overview of Junior Weekly. This will explore the key elements, its purpose, and an example of how it is structured. After this, we will take a look at an example of the curriculum and what i...

Welcome to The Junior Weekly Overview training module. In this course, we are going to start by covering an overview of Junior Weekly. This will explore the key elements, its purpose, and an example of how it is structured. After this, we will take a look at an example of the curriculum and what it consists of. We will then explore the recommended scheduling and pricing guidance for the classes. The next chapter will go through some guidance on how to run the classes safely and effectively, in order to ensure they are a success, as well as introducing the supporting resources available to you. Following on from this, we will look at the recommended implementation steps and the further support available to you. The training course will conclude by exploring the key next steps for you after completing this module. The Junior Weekly Program is the core Junior Program that is recommended to be delivered at your club. Classes are recommended to be offered on a weekly basis at your club on consistent days and times. All Classes are delivered on a group basis with a maximum of six juniors to each coach. The program is open to all juniors at your club regardless of their ability and experience, however it is ideally targeted to those with limited and no experience of playing the game. We recommend that you offer classes across three age groups delivered in a developmentally appropriate way. On a club by club basis dependant on sign up numbers, you may also be able to offer ability based groups. The Junior Weekly program is recommended to be delivered on a block by block basis in line with the school curriculum. Parents register Juniors for the entire block of class and not on a session by session basis. Lastly, the Junior Weekly program crucially connects to other JGA programs, and specifically the Junior Course Play and Master the Challenges events which are included free of charge for participants. The purpose of the Junior Weekly Program is giving the junior a consistent and structured coaching program to develop them and their golf skills across a range of learning outcomes. The Junior Weekly program will also give the junior the opportunity to become integrated into the Club environment to develop their confidence and knowledge. It is also an opportunity to showcase your club as an ideal place for the junior and the family to spend time learning and playing the game. When developmentally appropriate, juniors are able to work through the progression pathway across six levels to drive engagement, development and enjoyment. One of the core focusses of the program is driving the development of the junior's fundamental skills and knowledge to play the game confidently and competently at your club, and develop the building blocks to become a golfer for life. Through group based classes across age and ability based groups, juniors will have the opportunity to develop friendships to drive confidence and enjoyment of the game. The Junior Weekly program will provide the ideal opportunity to engage with the family, welcome them to your club and get them invested in the junior's development. Through engaging with the family and driving opportunities for the junior to build their confidence, skills and friendships, the Junior Weekly Program will drive integration into your club and conversion of new members and retention in the long term. Finally, Juniors can work through a structured program across a variety of learning outcomes in a developmentally appropriate manner driven by the principles of long term athlete development. The Junior Weekly program is built to drive new participants into your club and your other Junior Golf Academy Programs. The program should be targeted towards four customer types. The first customer type Junior Weekly should be targeted at, is juniors and their family without any connection to the club. These may be found through engagement activities in the local community, marketing activities or through customer driven enquiries. The next type is participants who may have a connection through a current club member or through a junior that is already participating in the program. Another group to target is participants that may be close or extended family members of current club members, or related to a junior that is already participating in the program. Lastly, Juniors who are already actively engaged in your coaching programs, such as Junior Camps should be encouraged to attend so they can continue to develop their skills , gain confidence at the club and form new friendships. The Junior Weekly Program is recommended to be delivered across aged based groups. This is to ensure that the right balance can be struck on delivering the right opportunities at the right time in a junior's development, as well as help you to practically deliver the junior program at your club and maximise revenue opportunities. The 4-6 age group focuses on development of the junior through group coaching and games-based play across the learning outcomes. The 6-11 age group focuses on Development of the junior through group games-based play and formalised learning, across the learning outcomes and progression pathway. Lastly, the 11-16 age group develops the juniors in gender-based OR mixed gender groups. There is a focus on co-operative and independent based learning, across the learning outcomes and progression pathway, with an emphasis on creating competitive experiences. We understand that you may have a number of juniors who have been engaging in activity at your club for a sustained period prior to the implementation of this program. You also may have juniors with a level of skill and confidence that extends beyond the learning opportunities of the program curriculum. The Junior Weekly program has been designed primarily to cater for juniors new to the game with the idea of building their skills, experience and confidence to play the course, and ultimately become a club member. Therefore, for those of your looking to run a more advanced group we have put together some specific guidelines to ensure that you can capitalise on interest in classes at your venue. An advanced coaching group should be targeted towards juniors who have been learning at your venue for a sustained period, or those that demonstrate a level of competency matched to the latter stages of the development pathway and beyond level 6 of the program. Within an advanced coaching group you may want to consider giving more access to the golf course to promoted on course development and confidence on the course. The 60-minute class options within the Junior Weekly program are designed with a number of games for juniors to play in pairs and groups. These class structures may not be appropriate for juniors within an advanced coaching group and these classes should be focused on one to one learning and competitive experiences in class. You may want to consider extending the duration of the weekly classes beyond 60 minutes to allow for increased time to be allocated to private instruction, discussion and challenges. The weekly program curriculum focuses on four learning outcomes, with specific elements of these covered within the programs and class plans. Your advanced coaching group should build on these elements and focus on more advanced learning opportunities beyond the Junior Weekly curriculum. An advanced coaching group should be targeted towards the learning needs of juniors who would benefit from experiences and opportunities that are not included within the junior Weekly program and extends beyond the 6-level progression pathway. Your advanced coaching group should not conflict with the Junior Weekly aged based classes, but act as a building block program, or a program to facilitate juniors with more advanced learning needs. An advanced coaching group is recommended to be specifically for juniors who need learning opportunities and experience that fall outside of the remit of the Junior Weekly classes. A key indicator of this is the ability to score 40 or less over 9 holes. Due to developmental needs of those aged 4-11, and the likelihood that juniors in these age groups learning needs will be covered within the Junior Weekly aged based classes, the advanced coaching groups are for juniors mainly aged between 11-16. Use your discretion, and if you feel a younger junior would benefit from advanced classes then they can also be included. The juniors who would ideally be suitable for your advanced coaching group are those looking for more competitive experiences in classes, beyond the games based approach within the Junior Weekly classes. The advanced coaching group is designed for you to cater for juniors who are looking for learning opportunities when they are working towards the standard of playing at a competitive club, state or national level. Each club will be different in how the program is structured and delivered, however we have provided some additional guidance on areas of the program and our recommendations based on program success. The class ratio is recommended to be 6 juniors to 1 coach. This will ensure that classes can be conducted safely and successfully to meet the learning outcomes for each junior. A proportion of the class delivery is also through co-operative learning with a variety of games and challenges that can be delivered in teams or pairs. The group size of 6 gives you flexibility to deliver these games and challenges in an engaging way for the junior. Classes are recommended to be 60 minutes and the associated class resources have been built around this duration. This length of class will ensure that you have appropriate time to deliver the learning outcomes within the session, keep each junior engaged and deliver the elements of the progression pathway during classes. It is likely that during the period of ages 11-16, the junior will be maturing both physically and mentally. Therefore, you may want to consider that to maximize engagement and participation in classes that juniors are split based on gender at this age group. You have flexibility at your club to split out the 6-11 & 11-16 age-based groups into two separate ability-based groups if you are able to maximise class capacity. Juniors can be split based on their attained level in the progression pathway with juniors recommended to be grouped in Levels 1-3 and Levels 4-6. Although the age groups should be followed as closely as possible, you have flexibility to move a junior into another age groups class depending on their maturity and ability. Every junior is different and you should cater for this to ensure that the junior is receive coaching and opportunities that are developmentally appropriate. The Junior Weekly program is intended to be the core program offered at your club and other programs are either built to provide a supplementary and supporting experience for those enrolled, or be the building block into the program. The programs in phase 2 are designed to give juniors an experience of playing and learning the game to get them to sign up to your weekly program. The Junior Playing and Social Classes will provide juniors with an opportunity to play and experience the course outside of weekly classes in a variety of formats and provide an additional chance to build and strengthen friendships. The Junior Weekly program has been built with a curriculum which will expose juniors to the learning opportunities and experiences to develop their competency and confidence to play the game. The curriculum will also help the juniors to thrive as a person outside of golf and to become an active participant at your club. The curriculum has been developed around four learning outcomes. Firstly, The Mastering the game element is focused on developing the junior's golf skills to play the game confidently and competently. Each class will focus on one of the Mastering the Game elements. This will give the junior the opportunity to develop their skills across three of the four elements. The learning the game element is focused on developing the junior's knowledge to be at the club and to play the golf course independently, socially and competitively. Each class will provide the junior with an opportunity to develop their understanding of these elements. Each class will include a discussion on a topic led by the instructor. The whole junior element is focused on the development of the junior to thrive in golf and wider life, across a range of social and psychological development elements. The element within this learning outcome will be developed through independent, social and competitive learning opportunities within each class. The physical literacy element is focused on the development of the junior's necessary movement skills and physical development to thrive in golf and to provide a grounding for a healthy and active lifestyle. The elements within this learning outcome will be developed through independent and team based warm up games at the start of each class. A curriculum has been built which provides an opportunity for juniors to be exposed to learning opportunities within each of the learning outcomes so that throughout the program year they are developing their skills and knowledge of the game. This also provides variety to each class which will increase engagement and enjoyment. Here is an example of how the learning outcomes rotates each week. Each Week the class rotates around the Mastering the Game Skill Focus. A Whole Golfer theme is also included, which can be explored in the session through games based learning and discussion. Each week rotates around the Learning the Game Category and then includes a focus which can be explored in the class through demonstration and discussion. Juniors are able to attempt one of the Master the Game Challenges linked to the skill focus for that week. The recommended class focus and thus the location of the lesson will be based on the skill elements within the Mastering the Game learning outcome. Opportunities for the junior to develop their skills within the On the Course Skill element are delivered within the Junior Course Play and Junior Social Play program opportunities. Therefore, the class focuses on the skill elements of Swing, On the Green and Around the Green. Age Group class focuses, run in conjunction each week to ensure that you can deliver each class at your club as efficiently as possible. However, there are differences in the specific content and focus of each class within the Age 4-6 group and the 6-11 & 11-16 groups, to ensure that the program is developmentally appropriate. The class focus across each learning outcome is rotated each week to ensure variation for the junior and to ensure that each skill within the learning outcome is adequately covered during the program year. Using February to May 2024 as an example, the first week of delivery is swing and each week then rotates through the three skill elements, rotating back to Swing on Week 4 with the additional learning outcomes also rotating. During each class, the junior has an opportunity to attempt a challenge that links to the Skill element for that week and which links directly to the progression pathway and levels. As a reminder, there are 72 Challenges across the six levels, with three challenges within each skill element. In the example, we can see how the challenge links directly to the Skill element focus for that week. As week 1 is a Swing Class, the challenge that is linked to the Class plan for that week is the Iron Challenge. On week 4, the junior has the opportunity to attempt the Fairway Woods challenge within the next Swing Class. The junior has an opportunity to attempt the three challenges with the On Course element within the Monthly Playing class. The Master the Challenges Social Play Class provides an additional opportunity for juniors to attempt all the challenges within the program within a single class. After a total of nine classes, the junior will have had an opportunity to attempt the three challenges within each skill element and three opportunities to attempt the On the Course Challenge during the Course Play class. We can see in the example, that the class focus rotates each week, as well as the challenges. In this example there is a break in the program for Sprint Break. Based on the number of delivery weeks at your club, the number of weeks that can be delivered across each of the skill elements and the number of challenge opportunities for each skill will vary. The graphics below indicate the number of delivery weeks across each skill element and challenge based on delivering the program in line with school term dates and a year round program delivered every week over a 12 month period. Via the Coaches Toolbox, you can access supporting resources to help you run the challenge element of the program and the curriculum, so you will have all the resources required to run the program and each class. The first step is to select from the Class Plan or Master the Challenge option on the Junior Weekly page. Next, on the Class Plan page you can access the Program Curriculum, class plans and other resources. Then, on the Master the Challenges Resource is a library of resources to run the challenge element of the program. We understand that each club is different in regards to access to facilities and the size of the coaching team, as well as the climate in which you operate. Therefore, this will influence the size of your program and program year. However, there are some crucial scheduling recommendations to make the program a success. You should be offering classes across each age group each week on a consistent day and time based around the school term dates. These are scheduled in blocks and students register for a place on all classes within that block. Classes should be 60 minutes and the class plans and supporting resources have been built around this duration. This length of class will ensure that you have appropriate time to deliver the learning outcomes within the session, keep each junior engaged, and deliver the elements of the progression pathway during classes. You have the flexibility to decide on what days to run your classes to best suit your needs, the needs of your club, and opportunities in the local community. Classes may be delivered after school and on the weekends at times to suit you. All of your weekly program classes should be scheduled and bookings processed through your GLF Connect system. This will ensure that you can add value to the juniors experience, track your sign ups, engage with parents, and measure the programs success. The starting date of your program and the months in which it will run will be dependant on the climate in which you operate. In turn this will have an impact on the number of classes you can deliver in a program year. You are recommended to offer opportunities across all of the age groups at your club and consider if running an advanced group is appropriate for your program. The graphic shows an example of how a program can be scheduled and come together across a calendar year for those operating in a climate and facility which allows for classes to be scheduled throughout the year. In the example, classes are operating weekly on a Saturday with the break weeks scheduled during the School vacations and broken into four separate blocks of classes. Depending on the number of classes that you intend to offer at your club within each age group, scheduling classes correctly to ensure that there is adequate access to facilities and for you to manage the setup and changeover between classes is imperative. We do not recommend scheduling all classes back to back, but instead leaving a buffer period between certain classes. This will help you to deal with the unexpected, plan and setup for each class, as well as ensuring you can engage with parents and re-energize to deliver the next class. In the example, we can see that every aged group class is offered at the club on a Saturday and planned accordingly. All Junior Weekly Class Blocks should be scheduled and bookings processed through your GLF Connect system. Program booking filters have been created for you on your system and the GLF Connect Support Team has built a range of training material to help you get the camp scheduled correctly. The age based group options are categorised under the Junior Golf Academy Program filter. When building each class block, the Day, Start Time and Block Number should be included in the class name. Further training is available from the GLF Connect support team to help you setup your camp correctly within the Support, and a specific training video is available within the Scheduling section on the Coaches Toolbox Junior Weekly Program page. You should schedule your weekly program in blocks of classes across your program year, and therefore when parents register juniors on the program they are registering juniors to entire blocks of classes. We recommend that when marketing your program some added value extras are included, but when pricing each of your program blocks you will need to consider a number of factors. Within each block registration we recommend you include. Weekly Age Based Group Class. Welcome Pack Access. Discounted or FREE Access to Monthly Playing Class. FREE GLF Connect Access. You need to consider how many classes are included in the class block. This may vary from block to block over your program year and you will need to adjust the price accordingly. You need to consider the duration of the class. This is recommend to be 60 minutes, but you may decide to alter this based on your facility and the needs of your coaching team and student base. The price that you charge should reflect this. You should consider if you have any additional chargeable elements to your program that you need to factor into the price. This may include equipment and range ball Usage. As part of your registration to the program, juniors are recommended to receive a welcome pack. This Welcome Pack has been designed to give the junior all of the resources they need to actively engage in the program. The Welcome Pack is recommended to be charged at a one off price. The welcome pack includes a MyAcademy folder, which provides juniors with everything they need to know to engage in their journey through the program and it fits perfectly into the juniors golf bag! Also included, is a Junior program hat, which is used as a symbol of participation in the program. The JGA Hat gives your junior the ability to proudly display their Junior Hat Pins as they earn them and their participation in the program! Interactive and educational resources for your junior are included within the myAcademy folder and will help your junior to navigate the program, track their progress and collect the reward elements. The junior valuables pouch included is perfect for storing everything your junior needs in practice and on the course. Finally, on course goodies are included, which are perfect for laying the foundations for educating your junior on equipment necessary to play the game. This includes 3 golf balls, tee pegs, pencils, pitchfork and a water bottle. During your program year you will encounter a number of operational challenges with your Junior Weekly program due to weather, sickness and other unforeseen circumstances. You also need to ensure you maximise engagement and uptake in your program classes at all times and link your programs to the other JGA program elements. During your program year you should consider setting aside overflow weeks, which can be used as opportunities for juniors who have missed classes during a block to make up their session. This will help to avoid refunds and any barriers to sign up. In GLF Connect you can activate a pro rata feature which allows parents to register juniors onto your class blocks when weeks have already been delivered. The price will automatically be updated and this is a great way to maximise sign ups. Getting juniors onto the golf course and participating in the challenge element of the program is a critical component. When scheduled you should ensure your program dates link to these classes to maximise participation. In the Coaches Toolbox, you can access an example lesson plan for each of the weeks that correspond to the program curriculum across two age ranges. Follow the steps to deliver the correct class plan for each week. Firstly, on the Junior Weekly page select the Class Plan option. Secondly, on the age selection page, choose the option you require based on the class you are delivering. Thirdly, on the Class Plan, use the quick links to jump to the week of the program and view the plan. The class plans have been built to give you everything you need to prepare and deliver your class, as well as ensuring it meets the necessary learning outcomes and opportunities for the junior to progress through the program pathway. Class Plans include a class layout and setup section, which will provide you with a recommendation of how to layout your class to ensure it is delivered safely and meets the delivery of the learning outcomes. Each class plan will list the specific equipment required to deliver the games and challenges within the class. The timetable provides you with an overview of what is delivered in the class and how it is broken down across the 60 minutes. They also include a Warm up Game that links to the physical Literacy learning outcome. In addition, there are Game Cards that the juniors attempt with a partner during the class. For juniors participating in the program pathway, each class includes an opportunity to attempt a Mastering the Game Challenge. Class plans include a focus with the Learning the Game learning outcome and ideas of what you can introduce to the juniors. Lastly, they include a focus with the Whole Junior learning outcome and ideas of what you can introduce to the juniors. It is vital that you are organized for your classes and their are a number of actions we recommend you take in the week prior and just prior to the start of the class to ensure it is a success. The Step by Step guides available in the Coaches Toolbox will help you prepare, but there are some key actions required just prior to your class starting. In the week prior or a few days before your class we recommend you ensure you have reserved access to the practice facility. Organize the equipment you need for the class including clubs, challenge resources and equipment for games and challenge stations. Ensure you have some time blocked into your schedule prior to the class start time on GLF. And Make sure you Review your Class Plan. On the day of the class, you should ensure you arrive at least 15 minutes prior in order to Setup all of the game stations, warm up game and challenge stations. Ensure you have all of the equipment required. And Be available 5 minutes prior in order to meet and great the juniors. It's time to run your class and deliver a great Junior Weekly Program experience at your club. Each class will differ in regards the skill focus and specific layout of your facility. However, based on the success of the program and our experience delivering junior coaching sessions, we have put together some recommended guidelines for the delivery of your class and how to setup effectively using a Swing class as an example. The flow of the session begins by completing a short introduction to the group and explaining the learning outcomes for the class. Then, the class begins with a warm up game at the start of the session away from the main game stations used in the class. After this, Children should play game and challenge stations in pairs with stations 1 and 2 being a pair, another pair at station 3 and the last pair at station 4. Children should rotate around the stations, with each pair spending approximately 8 minutes at each. Safety is your top priority when running your class and safety cones and dividers should be clearly marked. At Station 1, the child under the supervision of the coach, can attempt the Mastering the Game Challenge. At stations 2 and 3 the children play in pairs or play the games independently with occasional supervision from the coach. At station 4 the child can develop their fundamentals under guidance from the coach, away from any form of game or competitive play. Those in the Practice Stations rotate with their partner in the Challenge Station. Providing a knockout experience to those attending the class doesn't just stop with delivering the class itself. What you deliver at the end of the class is just as important to the success of the program and development of each junior. Taking time at the end of your class to actively encourage social connections between juniors and the family will allow friendships to be formed and confidence to be built at the club. This is also a great chance to engage with juniors and their parents on a one to one basis, to receive feedback on how they felt the class went and to provide additional support if needed. Juniors should be encouraged to play together outside of the weekly classes and monthly playing event. Facilitating the opportunity to play together will help to improve the juniors ability, enjoyment and confidence on the course, as well as promote club membership. To record the juniors progress through the 6-Level Progression Pathway, the GLF Connect myGame+ feature and the myAcademy folder can be used. Juniors may have completed Challenges during the class and should be encouraged to log progress and receive their awards. This class is an chance to promote the other opportunities within the program and you should be prepared with all of the information you need to promote the other program elements. The success of the class will in the main be driven by the juniors and the parents experience on the day. We are providing you with all the tools you need to make it a success, but you have a critical role to play in delivering a great class for those who attend. There are a few points to remember when delivering a class at your club. Make sure you retain a sense of fun in all of your classes. Of course you will want to develop the skills of those attending, but make sure that each class will keep each junior coming back week after week. Nothing will do more damage to the success of your program like a perception by the junior or the family that the environment isn't safe. Always keep this in mind by ensuring you setup your sessions safely, collect important medical information, emergency contact details and reiterate safety to the group. Remember that there may be a range of ages, abilities and experiences attending your class. Therefore, make sure that the flow of the day is as inclusive as possible for all participants. Focus on creating a supportive atmosphere with team-work at its heart. Preparation will be key to the successful delivery of your class. Not only will this help you enjoy the class, but it will also create a great image of you and your club to the junior and the family. The classes are a shop window for junior and parents into life at your club and the Junior Golf Academy program. Strive to ensure that all involved create an environment and atmosphere that allows the junior and their family to be confident and comfortable at the club. Take time to answer any questions they have and update them on their child's progress. The Junior Weekly Program is crucially run in tandem with the implementation of the Junior Playing Events. This is due to how one program compliments the other and that those participating in the Junior Weekly Program can access Course Play events to gain on course experience. Additionally, the Junior Course Play program provides the junior with opportunities to attempt the challenges within the progression pathway across each element and level. Therefore, it is vital that the implementation of your Junior Weekly Program is aligned to the implementation of the Junior Playing Event. After completing this program Training you will be ready to get into action and start your journey to getting up and running at your club. There are recommended implementation stages of the Junior Weekly Program. Immediately before beginning implementation, ensure you have completed this training module. 8 weeks prior complete scheduling and planning. These will walk you through the key tasks to get your classes scheduled and into the GLF Connect system ready for marketing your program. 5 weeks prior, working with the team at your club, utilise the marketing resources and get prepared with the content required to market your classes through a variety of channels. 4 weeks prior it\'s time to push the button and get your class dates out to your customers. Work with the team at your club on getting everything out to the right places. 1 week prior engage with your participants on key information you require from them and the next steps ready for delivery week. A range of communication templates are available for you to use. On delivery week it's time to get prepared for your camp and ensure everything is in order to deliver a great experience for your participants. You can access the class plans in the Coaches Toolbox. The next day or following week is a crucial period for re-engaging with your participants, capturing feedback and communicating information on further programming opportunities. Take the next steps towards a thriving Junior Weekly Program at your club by following the three next steps. The first step is to Navigate to the Junior Course Play page and complete your Course Play Training. Next, Work through the steps listed within these guides to begin your journey to implementing your program at your club by getting classes scheduled. Finally, it is time to push the button and begin marketing your program classes at your club and through a variety of channels. Thank you for completing this Junior Golf Weekly overview training module.